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Picking jury harder than eeny-meeny-miney-mo

Discussion of jury selection. Interview with University of Washington professor Elizabeth Loftus about the pscyhology of jury selection.

Potential jurors suffer own trials over life, death

Potential jurors discuss ability to convict and sentence a person to death.

Chinatown trial a legal showcase

Biographies of defence and prosecution attorneys. Details lawyers' perspectives on the case and the death penalty charge.

Chinatown supsect present, but didn't kill, attorney says

Benjamin Ng's lawyers present evidence that Ng did not commit murders, but admit that he was present at the crime scene.

Jury of 4 women, 8 men to decide Chinatown defendant's fate

Short biographies of jurors selected for Benjamin Ng's trial. Second part details Kennis Izumi's testimony

Chinatown jury hears gory tale of how 13 died

Jurors see pictures of victims and hear evidence about the sequence of events during murder.

'Hands up' order began Chinatown survivor's ordeal

Wai Y. Chin testifies. Includes biographical information of Chin and information about what he witnessed during murders.

Defendants discussed robbing Wah Mee club in February, jury told

Willie Mak's brother, Kwan Fung Mak, testifies at Benjamin Ng's trial. Also reports on testimony by Wai Chung Tam and Yen Lau who report hearing Ng and Mak plan a robbery.

Medical examiner gives detailed view of Wah Mee deaths

Article details medical examiner's tesimony about deaths. Includes testimony mentioning victims' names.

Press-coverage impact argued: Massacre-trial defense again says lock up jury

Article discusses the Press's desire to publish facts about trial and weighs it against Benjamin Ng's lawyers contention that information about the trial may bias jurors.